Addressing safety concerns about U-500 insulin in a hospital setting

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Samaan, Karen Hamrick ^a   Dahlke, Megan ^a   Stover, Judy ^a  

^a St Vincent Indianapolis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Dispensing; Dosage; Drug administration; Education; Health professions; Hospitals; Insulin; Insulins; Pharmaceutical services; Pharmacists, hospital; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Prescribing; Protocols; Syringes; Team; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN INSULIN; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DIABETES EDUCATOR; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT SAFETY; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; SYRINGE;

HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INSULIN; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; SYRINGES;

EID: 79953019697     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp100224     Document Type: Article

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